Brian Helmuth
Affiliated Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Interdisciplinary with, School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Contact
- b.helmuth@northeastern.edu
- 1 MSC
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 617.373.2059
Research Focus
Ecological forecasting and resilience of coastal environments
Education
- PhD, University of Washington, 1997
Honors & Awards
- Google Science Communications Fellow
Research Overview
Ecological forecasting and resilience of coastal environments
Selected Research Projects
- Bioprospecting for Industrial Enzymes and Drug Lead Compounds in an Ancient Submarine Forest
Co-Principal Investigator, NOAA Ocean Explorarion - Citizen Science, Civics and Resilient Communities: Increasing Resilience through Citizen-Created Data, Local Knowledge and Community Values
Co-Principal Investigator, NOAA Environmental Literacy - Tide Gate Modulation of Wetland Function: Measurements, Models, and Decision Support for Best Practices
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- W. Wang, J. Wang, F.M.P. Choi, P. Ding, X. Li, G. Han, M. Ding, M. Guo, X. Huang, W. Duan, Z. Cheng, Z. Chen, S.J. Hawkins, Y. Jiang, B. Helmuth, Y. Dong, Global Warming and Artificial Shorelines Reshape Seashore Biogeography, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 2020, 220-231
- Cryan, B. Helmuth, S. Scyphers, Ecological Design for Urban Coastal Resilience, In Handbook on the Resilience of Socio-Technical Systems, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
- A.E. Bates, B. Helmuth, M.T. Burrows, M.I. Duncan, J. Garrabou, T. Guy-Haim, F. Lima, A.M. Queiros, R. Seabra, R. Marsh, J. Belmaker, N. Bensoussan, Y. Dong, A.D. Mazaris, D. Smale, M. Wahl, G. Rilov, Biologists Ignore Ocean Weather at their Peril, Nature, 560, 2018, 299-301
- X. Zhou, X. Ji, B. Wang, Y. Cheng, Z. Ma, F. Choi, Helmuth, W. Xu, Pido: Predictive Delay Optimization for Intertidal Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensors, 18, 2018, 1464
Apr 20, 2021
FY22 TIER 1 Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 17 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY22 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects.
Apr 09, 2019
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Jul 24, 2017
Patterson, Fernandez, & Helmuth Awarded $300K NSF Grant
COS/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE/COS Assistant Professor Loretta Fernandez, and CEE affiliated Professor Brian Helmuth were awarded a $300K NSF grant for "Tide gate modulation of wetland function: decision support through engineering best practices".
Mar 23, 2017
FY18 TIER 1 Award Recipients
21 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY18 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing $600K dollars of investment in research.